Bessemer process

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The Bessemer process was a revolutionary 19th-century method for mass-producing steel by blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities, dramatically lowering costs and enabling large-scale industrialization.

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instanceOf metallurgical process ⓘ
steelmaking process ⓘ
advantageOver crucible steelmaking ⓘ
puddling process ⓘ
basedOn oxidation of impurities by air ⓘ
comparedTo crucible steelmaking ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
developedBy Henry Bessemer ⓘ
effect enablement of large-scale industrialization ⓘ
expansion of railroads ⓘ
growth of construction industry ⓘ
growth of machine manufacturing ⓘ
growth of shipbuilding ⓘ
increase in steel production speed ⓘ
reduction of steel production cost ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
field industrial engineering ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
firstCommercialUse 1858 ⓘ
hasPart converter vessel ⓘ
refractory lining ⓘ
tuyeres ⓘ
historicalSignificance first inexpensive industrial process for mass production of steel ⓘ
inception 1850s ⓘ
industrialApplication bridge construction ⓘ
building frames ⓘ
rail production ⓘ
tools and machinery ⓘ
influenced global steel industry ⓘ
transportation infrastructure ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
locationOfFirstCommercialUse Sheffield ⓘ
mainIngredient molten pig iron ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Bessemer ⓘ
patentDate 1856 ⓘ
processingTime about 20 minutes per heat ⓘ
product low-carbon steel ⓘ
mild steel ⓘ
purpose mass production of steel ⓘ
removes carbon impurities ⓘ
manganese impurities ⓘ
silicon impurities ⓘ
replacedBy basic oxygen process ⓘ
open-hearth process ⓘ
typicalCapacity several tons of molten iron per heat ⓘ
uses Bessemer converter ⓘ
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air blast ⓘ

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Carnegie Steel Company → usedProcess → Bessemer process ⓘ
Bessemer process → uses → Bessemer converter ⓘ
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Henry Bessemer → notableWork → Bessemer process ⓘ
Henry Bessemer → patent → Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel ⓘ
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Henry Bessemer → hasProcessNamedAfter → Bessemer process ⓘ
open-hearth process → supplanted → Bessemer process ⓘ
puddling process → replacedBy → Bessemer process ⓘ
puddling process → relatedTo → Bessemer converter ⓘ
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Henry Bessemer → notableWork → Bessemer process ⓘ
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Bessemer → associatedWith → Bessemer process ⓘ
Kelham Island Museum → hasExhibit → Bessemer Converter ⓘ
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Homestead Steel Works → technologyUsed → Bessemer process ⓘ
Edgar Thomson Steel Works → hasTechnology → Bessemer process (historically) ⓘ
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